Haying implement



Des. 26, 1922. I 1,439,942

G. H.CARLSON.

HAVING IMPLEMENT. FILI-:o FEB. 9. |920,

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Paiement Dee, as, regg G'USIAF H; CARLSN, 0F ADBEAN, MICHIGAN.

HAYING XMELELYIENT.

Application filed February 2, 1920. Serial No. 357,115.9.

Haying implements, oit which the ,follow-i ing is a speciiication,

My invention relates to agricultural yiniplements and has particular reference to a combination hay fork on wheels and hayhoisting grip. The object of the present improvement is to provide a hay 'fork of sudicientl larve capacit to gather a small bears against the end of the sleeve 21. To

load oi hay and to carry said load to a stack or hay-loft without the intervention oi", the loading and unloading process incidental to the ordinary pitch-fork.`

l/Vith the above named object in view my invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangen'ient oi part-s, all as hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the drawing- Figure 1 is a plan view of a hay-:fork mounted on wheels and embodying my `invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation with a closed position of the grip members shown by dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a reduced view ofthe fork loaded and hoisted towards a storage place.

In the several views 2 represents the axial portion oi a bell-crank form of axle with parallel arms 3 and i bent at right angles thereto and terminating in wheel-spindle portions 5 and 6 bent parallel with the portion 2, and carrying wheels 7 and 8.

The portion 2 is substantially the head of a hay fork to be hoisted by mechanical instead oi manual power, as indicated in Figure 3. To the part 2 is secured a suitable number of tines 9, 10, 11 and 12 and on it are journaled a pair of tines or grip members 13 and 14 which are caused to cooperate with the tines 9 to 12, as indicated by dottedl lines in Figure 2, to hold against displacement a shock or bundle oi hay while being transported and hoisted to the storage place. The members and 1li are curved oppositely to the members 9 to 12 and are connected by cross-rods 15, 16, 17 and 18 which may be either more or less in number indicated in Figure 2 and are secured at their ends to said members 13 and 111. ln-

termediate of the latter a handle 19 is pivotedon thealxial portion 2 at `it-s inner end, the outer end being' provided with a'handgrip 20. @n the handle or bar is slidably mounted a sleeve or collar 21 which carries a detentA 22that is engageable adjustably with notches 2a in a disk or quadrant 241 that is keyed or secured to the axle portion 2.` rl`he detent 22 is normally held in engagement with one of the notches 24; by

means oi a coiled spring 25 on thc `bar 19,

one end or which spring bears against a pin or lug 26 on said bar `while the other end the sleeve 21 is secured one end of a finger lever rod 27. The opposite end of this rod is bent at right angles and arranged within the loop of the grip portion 20 to provide a linger hold portion 28 whereby the substantially integral members 22, 21, 27 and 28 may be moved to release the detent 22 against the resistance oi' the spring 25. The handle bar 19 is braced by a pair oiA diagonal braces 29 and SO on the members 13 and lil and `at the hand-grip portion 20` said bar has thereon an eye 27 in which the rod 27 is slidable.

ln Figure 3, 31 represents the wall of a barn having therein a. hay loft opening 32 and provided with the usual pulley beam 33 carrying a pulley over which passes a rope 35 one end ot which is secured in any suitable manner to the implement, as to the grip portion 2O as in said Figure 3. In said Figure 8 the co-operating jaws of the fork are shown engaged with a ork-tull oi hay or other like material in position to be drawn into the opening 32.

The jaw-members 13 to 18 may be swung by the handle bar 19 toward the fork proper, consisting of the parts 2, 9, 10, 11i, and 12, to varying degrees from a partial forki'ull to the maximumv quantity that itwill hold. The implement may be operated with the parts inthe ifull line positions shown in Figure 2, by pushing it along windrows ot hayY to load the iork, or by pushing the fork under cocks oi hay into which such windrows had been previously thrown. In the case oi coarse grass it may in addition serve as rake to gather up the crop from the position in which it has been lett by a mower. 'l he implement is equally y well adapted to be drawn by animal or motor power, the operator merely guiding the fork by means ci? the handle bar rl`he implement is, however, particularly serviceable in gathering small crops of hay and where the more elaborate hay-sweeps, horse-power rakes, hay-rack loading with all the usual equipment for more extensive haying are not available. In the present device the small farmer or gardener is enabled to dispense with the hay-wagon, ete. and during the haying season oftentimesunavailable help required for kgathering hay by the usual methods. During all seasons considerable fodder is carried on pitchiqorks and in the arms to temporary feeding pens, and the present invention provides a double grip fork of large capacity and light weight that will greatly lessen the strains and amount of this form of farm and ranch labor.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. The combination with two sets of hay fork tines, of a carriage on which said tines are mounted, one set of said tines ybeing mounted to slide along the ground, while the other set is movable angularly thereto, and each set having its tines curved oppositely to the curvature of the tines: of the other set7 the two sets forming a pair of jaws, means for moving said jaws toward and from each other, andadjustable means for rendering said jaws substantially immovable relative to each other.

2. ylhe combination with two hay-forks, eachL consisting of a series of curved tines, oi a carriage on which said forks are mounted and movable relative to each other as Cooperating jaws, a lever for moving said jaws toward and from each other, and means for adjustably holding said jaws in variably lixed relation to each other.

ln testimony whereof Ihave hereunto subs scribed my name.

GUSTAF H. CARLSON. 

